We use cookies and similar technologies on our website to provide our services and to improve the functionality of our website and services.
This Policy describes the technologies we may use to collect information about the use of our website and email content, what cookies are, and how they are used on our website and in our services.
This policy describes which categories of cookies we use and for what purposes we apply them.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small data file that often contains a unique identifier. Cookies may be sent to your browser when you visit our website and mobile app. The web browser stores them on your device.
Some cookies are stored only for the duration of your visit to our website. These cookies are called session cookies. Other cookies, known as “persistent” cookies, may remain on your computer after you visit websites and may be used by our site when you visit it again.
Some cookies stored during your visit to our site may be stored and used by other companies.
Types of cookies used
The following types of cookies are used on the site:
- Critical cookies — are necessary to provide you with the services you request through our website. The required services can be provided to you only if these cookies are used. For example, these cookies may be used on our website to:
- Manage and store the items you have added to the “cart” while visiting our online stores
- Give you access to secure areas of the site without re-entering your credentials
- Save data about your previous actions when you return to a previous page within a single session
- Functional cookies — are designed to collect information about the actions of a website user — behavioural analytics. For example, these cookies may be used on our website to:
- Run analytics to improve site performance and increase the effectiveness of advertising and email content
- Improve the performance and design of the site
- Calculate the number of responses to our advertising
- Analyse errors that occur on the site to improve service and resolve complaints
- Reference cookies
- Referral cookies — that we use are sent to your device from the sites of our business partners. These cookies allow us to track visitors who came to our site from a business partner’s site and to obtain data on whether that visit led to a purchase, service or product.
Disabling cookies
Most internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies automatically. You can change the settings to block cookies or to warn the user when this type of cookie is sent to your device. There are several ways to manage cookies.
Please refer to your browser’s instructions to learn more about how to configure or change browser settings. If you disable the cookies we use, this may affect your experience on the internet, and on our site you may be unable to visit some of its parts or may not receive personalised information during your visit.
If you use different devices to view and access our site (for example, a computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.), make sure that each browser on each device is configured according to your cookie preferences.
Web beacons
Web beacons, also known as “single-pixel files”, “transparent GIF files” or “action tags”, may be used on our website and in materials sent by email. With this technology we can learn which visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or images) on a website page or in an email. Advertising materials or newsletters that you request may contain web cookies that allow us to determine whether those emails were opened.
The information obtained is used to optimise content, services and mailings. Web beacons are usually used together with cookies and can be disabled by fully disabling cookies (as described in the previous section). Some email programs and internet browsers provide the option to disable the automatic loading of images. In this way, web beacons will be blocked until you load the images yourself.